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An excellent treatise of the immortality of the soul By which is proved, that…An excellent treatise of the immortalytie of the soule By which is proued, that…
An excellent treatise of the immortality of the soul By which is proved, that the souls, after their departure out of the bodies, are awake and do live, contrary to that erroneous opinion of certain ignorant persons, who think them to lye asleep until the day of judgement. Set fourth by M. John Calvin, and englished from the French by T. Stocker.An excellent treatise of the immortalytie of the soule By which is proued, that the soules, after their departure out of the bodies, are avvake and doe lyue, contrary to that erronious opinion of certen ignorant persons, who thinke them to lye asleape vntill the day of iudgement. Set fourth by M. Iohn Caluin, and englished from the French by T. Stocker.
London: printed by John Daye, 1581London: printed by Iohn Daye, 1581
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But when the son of God shall take us with himself into glory, 1it shall not be only a body with a soul, or quickened with a soul, but a spiritual body, & such ⟨p. 42⟩a one as our mind cannot conceive nor our tongue express. We see then that we shall be none other thing in the general resurrection, but yet much otherwise, if by your leave I may so say. And these things are spoken of the body, whereunto the soul administereth life under the elements of this world. But when the figure of this world shall pass away, the participation of the glory of God shall lift it up above nature. Hereby we see what the true and natural sense of the Apostle is. And S. Augustine seeing himself deceived (even as these men now are) in the exposition of this text, acknowledged afterward his fault, & corrected it amongest his retractations, & a great deal more manifestly in other places.2 And here I think it good to set down some part of his words. It is very true (saith he) that the soul liveth either in a carnal or spiritual body, and yet notwithstanding it liveth not nor is not quickened until such time as it hath cast off the corruption. But in the spiritual body, when it is made a quickening ⟨image 55⟩spirit, perfectly cleaving unto the Lord, it is so quickened, as that it causeth the spiritual body, to consume all corruption, and not to fear any separation.
But when the sonne of God shall take vs with himselfe into glory, 1it shall not be onely a body with a soule, or quickened with a soule, but a spirituall body, & such ⟨p. 42⟩a one as our minde cānot conceiue nor our toung expresse. We see then that we shall be none other thing in the generall resurrection, but yet much otherwise, if by your leaue I may so say. And these thinges are spoken of the body, wherunto the soule administreth life vnder the elements of this world. But when the figure of this world shall passe away, the participation of ye glory of God shall lift it vp aboue nature. Hereby we see what the true and naturall sence of the Apostle is. And S. Augustine seeing himselfe deceiued (euen as these men now are) in the exposition of this text, acknowledged afterward his fault, & corrected it amōgest his retractatiōs, & a great deale more manifestly in other places.